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HCC §32-48

What an annexation ordinance must include

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This section lists what the annexation ordinance must contain, such as describing the territory, facilities, and taxes. It also sets a hearing date between 60 and 90 days after the council adopts the ordinance. The existing district's maximum tax rate cannot be increased.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Contents of ordinance of annexation

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

The ordinance of annexation to annex the territory shall do all of the following: (a) State the name and term of the existing community facilities district. (b) Generally describe the territory included in the existing district and the territory proposed to be annexed. (c) Specify the types of facilities provided pursuant to this chapter by the existing district and the types of facilities to be provided by the territory proposed to be annexed; and include a plan for providing facilities that will be financed in common by the existing district and the territory proposed to be annexed. (d) Specify any special taxes which would be levied within the territory proposed to be annexed to pay for facilities provided pursuant to this chapter. A special tax proposed to pay for facilities financed with bonds secured by the existing district shall be the same as the tax levied in the existing district for that purpose, except that a higher special tax may be levied for that purpose within the territory proposed to be annexed to compensate for the interest and principal and incidental expenses previously paid by the existing district, less any depreciation allowable to the facility as determined by the council. (e) Specify any alteration in the special tax rate levied within the existing district as a result of the proposed annexation. The maximum tax rate in the existing district may not be increased as a result of annexation proceedings pursuant to this article. (f) Fix a time and place for a hearing upon the ordinance which shall not be less than sixty nor more than ninety days after the adoption by the council of the ordinance of annexation to annex territory pursuant to section 32-47. (1994, ord 94-77, sec 3.)32-48
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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